Katrin B. (mum2gabe) reviewed on 7/1/2010 + 16 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I thoroughly enjoyed this book albeit with a few minus points for detail. It was a page turner, engaging, and very well written. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars was mainly because I felt the ending was a let down. I'm not sorry I read it, and would recommend it to anyone interested in the war and especially the holocaust, but I felt the ending was rushed, forced and didn't take into account how invested we readers had become in Anna and Trudy's relationship. I would have liked more closure. An explanation, a discussion at least! I felt it deserved more of an ending than it has. I was also puzzled as to why Anna didn't find happiness at the end. She had a horrible early life, and deserved to at least find some fulfillment at the end. I felt her experience with the SS officer didn't need to rob her of loving and finding happiness with Jack.

I also didn't like the lack of quotation marks. It wasn't a deal breaker for me, but like another reader said, I found it distracting.

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